The Petrolia Enterprise (Petrolia, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 10, 1926 Page: 3 of 4
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TAN CALF SHOFS
$4 Value for V >r
or Dress
HOW LAk3 E
SHARKS
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'.^0 LOAN
AOD THEIR PREY
W. R. Morehouse Reveals Fur'.! ;. r Schemes by Which Poor
Widows Are Bereft of Their Saviors Unbelievable
Frauds Are Worked on the Uninformed.
By W. R. MORE HOUSE,
Public Relations Commission, American Bankers Association.
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T<mi' sac' i • 'bere \'isit ing lu
cousin Mrs. Delbert Stcph.
.Mis. I. IT Tomlin ami daughter
W'iiMiia are in Lena, ArkansaW
visiting relatives.
Mrs. Nora Hall of Lumberton
Mi. sippippi, is hero this *Veek
visiting Mrs. .John Grundy.
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you wish
Mr and Mrs. (!. C. P.psvvll and
elnldren left Monday for Com
incive to bo away for the. summer.
Miss Laura Jlillin is in Ityan
Oklahoma visitixijr her sister Mrs
1‘. C. Miller.
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prefer to
, iiio cost i*i only 10c.
•v.', - from a piece
and its fine par*
i and Moths.
. l " ‘ *“•' < t ebout tho
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1 y •. * suid tho
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pi ,. Ore< »
,, Sy t ,rrn fuiil insist
•».: (.•tu- git.
.Mr . .less Plaster, Mrs. Willis
Smith and .Miss Leona l air wer<
in M into. Oklahoma Wednesday
vis lung Mr. .".ml Mrs, IT W. I)ees
Mrs. I! F Manning and son
Khea were shopping in Wichita
Falls Wednesday.
Mr. ITlgar Smith and Mr. Jno.
Plaster were in Waurika Saturday
• v«nfng. .s
Mr. Harry Plaster of Nocona
is here visiting his iVrbther Jess
Plaster.
Mrs. Stamp < arpenter ..nd Mr
Hurhert ( arpenter \\vr« i' \\ i« tii
ta I'alP Monday.
Mi - . Tra\i. Walla* i "1 Wichita
Falls i- here vi.-itinp Mr. and Mrs
Jim Wallaee.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlii Henderson
were in Charlie Sunday visiting
friends.
Mrs. F.ssie Cniich and baby <
as sand on tho «ea-
it alone in the world
* a t’n i* ride into the
ARTICLE NO. Ill
T AND swindles are almost as common
■Lrf shore. Here'is one. A widow w. s 1
with but $6,Q00. She was to :«n.! to tal
country to lool: «rver a new town site. Just a
pleasure ride,' sho was told. No obligation on
her part. She acrops d the invitation with no
intention of pat ting w ith h< r pre» ion $(>,000, but
she fell amonc hi}ih-j>r> - ire saleune'n and in an
unguarded moment alli.\< i her gnature to a
Contract to puta iia.se a x ecaiu lot for the $0,000
cash she had in a saxing's hank.
Thirty days after.she dr» w out her account for
what she suppm » d was a bUsim-. s 1.»t she re-
ceived a notice that her monthly instalment of
$6,000 was due, being a $1,000 payment on each
n „ of six $6,000 lot.'., Strange as it may seem, not
until she reeiivt'd tins notice did she read the
contract she had signed. Ihst-e d of buyi’. g oiu oti.OOO lot and
paying for it. as she meant t«> do, he 1 id rned a contract to
huy six $6,000 business lots and the '0,000 she drew from the
bank had b*en nppliivl as a first pay-• -- -
nmnt of $1,000 caoli on tho si\ loi.e
Had nho gunn to hor bankor sh.
would liavo naved tier; If thr 1. m of
hor inherit an ro, hut iloiitiiti ... t!u n-a*
son sho hail not coiisuUciI her bank
waa ix^ratiHn hIio w.i ; not aw arc ili.tt
haakara rouUcr anrfi a hut vice.
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('P i 1 \ h * li.eiill' it the case. 11a
! 11 the v. ;ii:tn t i >•' • et that lie wimlil
I s i h c Me !iiu!. ,y lmt kept deferrina
S i".' the lean from day to day.
.. Pu.alii. oil tin * d.iy tlie tmet niaku
i her piynu iit or In Iut farntturo, h«
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A Widow Fell Among High Pressure Land Salesmen
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A nii'rtcun
tl a it A r i .
1 a v. .nation
JuunuU ,
Rad }• tho lot or tho ivtn • •» dc ' f e :i. lo r to calf. It \v:><< now
positor Who, after Iomuj* Iiio oam:-I um ; I r to l al a ai: other ar-
t.h rough wild-cat sxieculiitioii, is dt,-e n i.. o ■■. f 1a horrowiie' the tunds.
to desperation for fund, and find' e 1 a ’ ’ pku I It so that
tiftceasary to borrow money to "m • .!;••■ v I h 1 nn ii y and would
iui emergency such as,. 1 l.n < r tin ,iv, .. . p- l.is t• • rni *. Ho clnirged
paid rent. Ix*t mo givo ft) • .1.-.1 4 la . , ,>o 1 >r i loan of
about two raises of tho many w/tli i H w ttrr Shark Doe a It
pmihtl' ; your .unoilty 1-t nroused
,. i to y .tli'i' hylm k can get-away
\vpli in h a if al, Hera nra Ha file's,
which I havo eoino In contact.
Tb« Loan Shark at Work
Tho principal rtmra< tors in the
firnt caBe are a man, who mu t I • r
row $300 to place hi. w.fi In fio
pi tal to nave her life, and a fi n fi i1 ,,
wtu» demand < a' < no i
In desperation tin borrower u i to
this loan t-hork for tie 1 ■'•.in "i l • 1
Tilts is whaf it in.!, him tii
amount l:i alrtiost unb' lie.aide but i
obtained tho « x.i« i li;;.ir»- in fia d
and I can vouch for tl "T e.orn ■ : n
-•this man was ohllfi'd to ' v • in
note for $h-’.:» for u 1 >nu of f ' ’•
day he got tie no ■ Hi • > 1 n '•! 11
to an innocent hold' r u d |i 1 1 •1 *•
an ohlifiution bindtu ■
rower. Tl'o of j '
loan of ?•.!
J l.*r« Is an . 'I 1 1 <
a woman in tho r ’ " " '*
rwwidcd $10 . to it" «-t a p m ■ »■ t on
her foruiture or lo it. im tm'u* d L">
' 11• cl i d a tar -• coinmi, itcu 'or
eui! in.' i re 1 "an . nd til < . Included a
hi,, mi if l . -. ifcli as for draw*
up )■ pi i and i a irial fe< H. * hi
| ,j .( li, lie I I'd fli • lioiruWer it
i , iiuv , in hi- lOinpuny whi'h
, v. Than lot,retpilrr 1 them
lo tak- out Ho' iU| li him fife iiouraucu
lo at,out on • hupdr d times tlm
mo i.nt
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. f tlie loan f r whigh ho r<-
pfier. I coiiiiaissloti. lu fa< t,
,i*i. | to every iinagin.iiih.
>n i d I > bleed them.of tho
■y itf- PI nd t.'i v liad to give
H j:f, at .• ( h.lli/f afit it it a’l
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FUTURE BEliKONS
YOUNG AMERICANS
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tvordc
and i
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Achievements of Past Only Show
Great Opportunity ’Gu'l.
nd
Urcat event i of tie
tury which 1< d
complain that all ti
been dull", Jeavli
them, an i Tea '
show that ' > • a
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herd, TT\e> ut M •
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p- t 'iiiarter ren-
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aiiaa 50c and $1.
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25c for laigi* I.*'
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Oar Jim Iww -' i.
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if in-' li.il i uterpr. .e, however,
t c i.ti1 * 1 elf within our own
ii ) • rule iti*a tho outlro world
de r. *it somco to peoplts
ill 'Ur own.
o' i e 1 over Anidflca's nortlc®
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t.he tee ’I'tfc I f.* of a world
. i y. n • ahit, tt d* vulat*
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! ' r p 'opb i <iv«r ten
>• ir nlone a hit-
;e gM fluancinK
lu f!io fuited
u financial genius
! •i,ir hank mg nra
d ir- i International
i i; udoiis foreign
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'x : 111 jii ouly a ft; w
1 W1
ajinm at tj
lr. Will Poplin.
Mr. and Min. Leo.M. (,’urtis and
.-on I.enn wen- in Wichita Fall
Wednesday.
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Mis Kalbciine Sullivan
Wiciiit,, l”;i!l who has been
guest of ,\|i ' Hebii <ttogun
returned to her home.
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tho ground a,,
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i guide our
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Mr. and .Vlo. Je
VS lohiiu Fella were line Sunday
uniting her parent# Mr. and Mr«.'iti»>«T h
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Grundy, John. The Petrolia Enterprise (Petrolia, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 10, 1926, newspaper, June 10, 1926; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth893989/m1/3/?rotate=270: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .